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Prescription bottles
Wednesday, May. 14, 2008

Open quoteWe've become a couch potato culture — it's a lot easier to pop a pill. Close quote

  • DR. ROBERT EPSTEIN
  • chief medical officer at Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based Medco, on the study that shows more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems — often linked to heart disease, obesity and diabetes
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